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11 April 1945 (USA)
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Saucy! Naughty! Delicious!
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Russia
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Royalty
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Beautiful Woman
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Cast
(in credits order) | Tallulah Bankhead | ... | Catherine the Great |
 | Charles Coburn | ... | Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Countess Anna Jaschikoff |
 | William Eythe | ... | Lt. Alexei Chernoff |
 | Vincent Price | ... | Marquis de Fleury |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Capt. Sukov |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Gen. Ronsky |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Malakoff |
| Mikhail Rasumny | ... | Drunken General |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Paul Baratoff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Eugene Beday | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Egon Brecher | ... | Wassilikow (uncredited) |
| Renee Carson | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Harry Carter | ... | Footman (uncredited) |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | ... | Lackey (uncredited) |
| Victor De Linsky | ... | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Variatinsky (uncredited) |
| Nestor Eristoff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Fred Essler | ... | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Sandra Foloway | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Arno Frey | ... | Captain (uncredited) |
 | Eva Gabor | ... | Countess Demidow (uncredited) |
| Mario Gang | ... | Lackey (uncredited) |
| George Glebeff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Wilton Graff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Roxanne Hilton | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Ann Hunter | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Martha Jewett | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Torben Meyer | ... | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Fred Nurney | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| John Russell | ... | Guard (uncredited) |
| Dick Ryan | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Sam Savitsky | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| George Shdanoff | ... | Lackey (uncredited) |
| Eugene Sigaloff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Dina Smirnova | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Leonid Snegoff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Grady Sutton | ... | Boris (uncredited) |
| Henry Victor | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Michael Visaroff | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | ... | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Virginia Walker | ... | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Marek Windheim | ... | Stooge (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Otto Preminger | |||
| Ernst Lubitsch | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Edwin Justus Mayer | (screenplay) | |
| Bruno Frank | (adaptation) | |
| Lajos Biró | (play "Die zarin") (as Lajos Biro) and | |
| Melchior Lengyel | (play "Die zarin") | |
Produced by | |||
| Ernst Lubitsch | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alfred Newman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Arthur C. Miller | (director of photography) (as Arthur Miller) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Dorothy Spencer | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Mark-Lee Kirk | |||
| Lyle R. Wheeler | (as Lyle Wheeler) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Thomas Little | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| René Hubert | (as Rene Hubert) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Ben Nye | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Raymond A. Klune | .... | production manager (uncredited) | |
| Sam Wurtzel | .... | unit production manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Tom Dudley | .... | assistant director | |
| Joe Richards | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Paul S. Fox | .... | associate set decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Alfred Bruzlin | .... | sound | |
| Roger Heman Sr. | .... | sound (as Roger Heman) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Sersen | .... | special photographic effects | |
| Rolla Flora | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Paul Lockwood | .... | second camera (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Lyman Hallowell | .... | apprentice editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Edward B. Powell | .... | orchestral arranger (as Edward Powell) | |
| Cyril J. Mockridge | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
| Vinton Vernon | .... | music mixer (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Georges Jomier | .... | coach: French (uncredited) | |
| Eugene Joseff | .... | jeweller (uncredited) | |
| Gertrude Kingston | .... | research assistant (uncredited) | |
| Frances C. Richardson | .... | research director (uncredited) | |
| Louis Van der Ecker | .... | technical advisor (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (1947) (France) (theatrical) (as Fox-Europa)
- Oregon Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Silver Screen Archive (????) (USA) (DVD)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Ernst Lubitsch's A Royal Scandal" - USA (complete title)
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Runtime:
94 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Trivia:
Ernst Lubitsch worked with Edwin Justus Mayer in the scripting process. Edwin Justus Mayer worked with Lubitsch before in To Be or Not to Be (1942).See more »
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Referenced in Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)See more »
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"A Royal Scandal" from 1945 smacks of its original director, Ernst Lubitsch, and not much of the director who took over for him when he became ill, Otto Preminger. Since Lubitsch had rehearsed the actors and prepared the script, I assume they retained much of what Lubitsch had in mind for this film. At any rate, it's a wonderfully funny film.
Tallulah Bankhead plays Catherine the Great, who was notorious for taking lovers and elevating them to great heights while they were in favor. They did all right when they fell out of favor, too, because apparently she pensioned them off and they lived quite handsomely. In this film, she takes a fancy to the Countess Anna's (Anne Baxter) fiancée, Alexei Chernoff (William Eythe), so much so that she puts off a Marquis from France (Vincent Price). The Countess Anna is devastated, and Alexei is thrilled as he becomes in charge of the palace guards. Meanwhile, Chancellor Nikolai (Charles Coburn) has to tolerate him.
Some of this film is laugh out loud funny, particularly the scene where Catherine, fearing she has lost Alexei, collapses on the floor and Alexei tries to pick her up. Hilarious. Tallulah's line delivery is great, and she and Coburn have wonderful chemistry as they spar. Anne Baxter was only 22 when she made this film, and she's lovely. The handsome Eythe was a type that 20th Century Fox loved, but for a variety of reasons, he never hit stardom. Darryl Zanuck, who was so furious with Tyrone Power for marrying Annabella that he quashed her career and gave Power a bad film, Daytime Wife, as punishment, pushed Eythe into a marriage to quell rumors about him, but it didn't help, and Zanuck lost interest in him. (I mention Power because supposedly he refused to do this movie - it seems unlikely, because he wasn't back from the war when this film was made; also, Zanuck would never have put him in a film where he wasn't the main star.) Eythe was a charming actor, but to my mind, anyway, not really star material.
Bankhead's costumes and jewelry are to die for. Very good movie, and, as others have pointed out, a real buried treasure.